FORA.tv Speaker - Liam Pedersen

Biography

Liam Pedersen's passion is field robotics for scientific and space exploration. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, where he developed the system for a robot to make the first autonomous discovery of a meteorite in Antarctica. He has worked on systems for Mars rovers to more effectively explore their surroundings and navigation systems for the next lunar rovers, and tested robotic systems in Antarctica, the Arctic, various deserts and lakes. Currently he is a senior researcher with Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley, working at NASA's Intelligent Robotics Group in Mountain View, California.